Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote, UK

Salary: Circa £47,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week to cover core business hours (9-5, Mon-Fri)

Working for Affinity:

• We understand the importance of flexibility, wellness, performance and satisfaction - indeed it is part of our culture
• We offer opportunities to take unpaid leave and will give you one extra day’s holiday for every year you’ve worked with us, for up to 8 years
• We know working from home introduces opportunities for you to do more domestic chores during the day, e.g. picking up the children from school, taking pets to the vet, etc. We don’t mind this at all, as long as we are aware of what you are doing and the work gets done!

About the Role:

We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and who is always looking for opportunities to improve the services we provide for clients, in areas such as efficiency, cost effectiveness, security and reliability.

You’ll be pivotal in knowledge sharing internally within the business, assisting others in their assigned projects and, where necessary, supporting more junior members of Affinity to help them learn and improve.

The right DevOps engineer will have the opportunity to help grow and shape this emerging function within the team, creating a long-term career path for themselves within Affinity, with an opportunity to progress upwards.

What will your typical day look like?

• You will be working on projects, such as the Cabinet Office WordPress support contract, to keep our clients’ systems up-to-date, available, resilient, secure, performing well and cost effective.
• Working to improve the efficiency of our infrastructure related processes
• At times you’ll need to work together with clients’ own internal teams and with any external infrastructure teams that Affinity may partner with.
• Putting together infrastructure design documents at the start of projects, with a view to getting these signed off by the client and then acting as the basis for infrastructure build.
• Building infrastructure on new projects through the use of Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, etc. This will also include continuous integration processes, server provisioning, etc.
• Imparting knowledge and experience to other Affinity team members, both verbally and also captured in tools such as Jira Confluence, where we would like to build up a repository of DevOps how-tos, best practices, etc.
• Opportunity to work as a team lead where other Affinity team members are involved in DevOps.
• Providing AWS and Azure thought leadership and mentoring in both advisory and delivery contexts.
• Supporting out-of-hours rotas to provide support coverage for contracts in place with Affinity.

About you:

General requirements:

• Willingness to provide on-call rota coverage of emergency support (24/7/365)

• Ability to work flexible hours from time to time, for specific projects or tasks

• UK based and resident in UK for last 3 years (given some client-driven security clearance requirements)

• The role is fully remote, though visits to clients and to our office in Cornwall will occasionally be required

Technical must-haves:

• Commercial experience of AWS, including services such as Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS/EKS, Amazon EFS, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, AWS Cost Explorer, etc.

• Commercial experience of Azure, including services such as Azure Networking, Azure Cache (Redis and Memcached), App Services (running WordPress and .NET applications), Front Doors (CDN), API Services, storage services (blob storage, file storage, etc.), Azure Database services, Azure Cost Management, etc.

• Terraform and/or CloudFormation scripting

• Linux, Apache/Nginx

• Continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) experience including GitHub Actions

• Familiarity with the AWS/Azure Well-Architected Framework and NCSC Cloud Security Principles

• Security experience, including the resolution of issues found during penetration testing

• Docker experience

Technical nice-to-haves:

• System/server admin experience

• Drupal, WordPress or Magento experience

• PHP and Composer

• Microsoft technologies, including .NET, Windows Server, IIS, Active Directory, MSSQL, etc.

• AWS certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, DevOps Engineer - Professional, speciality certifications, e.g., Database, Security, etc.)

• Microsoft certifications, including Azure Fundamentals, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, etc.

• Load testing experience, including jMeter, Gatling, K6, etc.

• Other HashiCorp tools, e.g., Packer, Vault, Vagrant, Consul, etc.

• Provisioning tools, e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Chef, etc.

• AWS Control Tower and/or Landing Zone

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Software Developer, Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS, Infrastructure Engineer, AWS Systems Developer, Azure Software Development may also be considered for this role.

Role/Job Title: Integration Engineer
Work Location: UK, Gaydon
Mode of Working: Office based (5 days a week)

The RoleAutomotive EV Propulsion Integration through PiL/ViL Testing, Verification & Validation, DOE’s and Execution, Vehicle DV Planning & Execution, Rig data analysis, 8D Problem Solving, Strong engineering first principles.

• Design validation, development, integration, and testing of electric propulsion systems, including high-voltage (HV) power systems, electric drive units (EDUs) and Battery
• Design validation through PiL (Powertrain in the Loop) and ViL (Vehicle in the Loop) testing, ensuring the system meets performance and regulatory requirements
• System architecture, software development, calibration, and integration, contributing to the overall EV driving experience

Your Responsibilities

• Developing and executing PiL/ViL test plans
• Analyzing test results and identifying areas for improvement
• Collaborating with other engineers and stakeholders to resolve technical issues
• Participating in design reviews and providing feedback
• Contributing to the development of new EV technologies
• Working with software engineers to develop and calibrate control systems
• Ensuring the system meets regulatory and safety requirements

Your ProfileEssential Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Good experience in BEV propulsion system, knowledge of HV systems
• Proven experience with PiL/ViL testing and validation
• Test planning and understanding of test standards
• Test data analysis from rigs and compliance to test standards
• Ensure safety functionality
• Understand VSC & calibration knowledge / sensor control

Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or automotive engineering
• Exposure to AVL / Horiba test rigs
• Problem solving / 8D
• Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence

Join a cutting-edge engineering team developing autonomous systems for the next generation of marine and defence technology. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to take a leading role in designing, developing, and delivering advanced software solutions that operate in challenging real-world environments. You’ll work across the full software lifecycle, from concept and design through to integration, testing and delivery, as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team shaping the future of maritime autonomy. What you’ll be doing Designing and developing software for advanced autonomous systems Supporting integration and delivery activities across complex engineering projects Collaborating with hardware, systems and domain experts throughout the development lifecycle Engaging directly with end users to refine functionality and performance Taking a lead role in development discussions and cross-team collaboration What you’ll bring Proven experience in software design and delivery A degree (or equivalent experience) in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline Knowledge of autonomous system architectures and the marine or defence domain Strong understanding of software engineering processes, tools, and lifecycles Experience working in multi-disciplinary engineering environments Technical skills Essential: Java development Java build systems (e.g. Maven) Experience with the Atlassian toolset (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) Knowledge of ISO 9001 quality principlesDesirable: HMI / UI development (e.g. JavaFX) GIS development Communication and control system interfaces Git version control UML design Why apply? Hybrid and flexible working options (full-time, part-time or condensed hours) Excellent professional development and progression opportunities Collaborative and innovative engineering culture Competitive salary, pension and benefits Security Clearance: Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC). TT

Service Now/Atlassian Product Owner

This is a flexible, hybrid role and can be based from either of our offices in Peterborough, Manchester, Chesterfield, Stoke or Sunderland. We also have largely remote options available.

Role Purpose:

As the Atlassian & ServiceNow Product Owner, you are the strategic and operational owner of the organisation’s Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow platforms. You define the vision, roadmap, and daily management of both toolsets, ensuring they are aligned with business goals, consistently adopted across teams, and configured to support high-quality, insightful delivery and ITSM excellence.

This role bridges product ownership (what the platforms should do and why) with administration (how they are configured and run). You work closely with Technology, PMO, Transformation, COO teams, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical, scalable solutions that reinforce standard ways of working, maintain data integrity, and provide clear, actionable insight into work and delivery.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Product Ownership & Strategy

• Define the product vision for Atlassian and ServiceNow platforms aligned with organisational goals

• Maintain a full, strategic roadmap covering enhancements, integrations, and platform evolution

• Prioritise outcomes, epics, and features that maximise value while balancing feasibility and risk

• Make informed decisions on product direction, adoption priorities, and technical trade-offs

Backlog Management & Change Delivery

• Own, refine, and prioritise the Jira backlog across features, improvements, and fixes

• Review configuration change requests, approving or rejecting based on value, standards, and impact

• Coordinate delivery of changes with administrators, engineers, third parties, and vendors

Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements

• Build strong relationships across PMO, Transformation, COO teams, and business stakeholders

• Facilitate workshops to gather requirements, understand pain points, and align Jira to business processes

• Communicate upcoming changes, new capabilities, and best-practice guidance clearly and proactively

Design, Configuration & Standards

• Design intuitive, consistent solutions across Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow

• Define and enforce usage standards, including issue types, workflows, fields, and naming conventions

• Configure and maintain projects, boards, screens, schemes, workflows, and permissions in line with governance

Training, Support & Adoption

• Provide expert guidance on Jira usage, workflows, and best practices

• Maintain user guides, FAQs, and enablement resources

Insights, Reporting & Data Quality

• Define KPIs for Jira adoption, value, and platform health

• Create dashboards and reporting that provide actionable insights into flow, throughput, and delivery

Testing, Governance & Compliance

• Translate business requirements into configuration needs and test scenarios

• Coordinate and perform UAT, ensuring changes meet acceptance criteria

• Maintain governance for Jira configuration, change requests, and approval processes

• Ensure Jira usage aligns with organisational policies and regulatory requirements

Ecosystem Management

• Ensure platform stability, performance, integrations, and licensing are effectively managed

• Provide product requirements to inform technical decisions relating to infrastructure or integrations

Key Skills, Experience & Knowledge:

• Atlassian certifications (e.g. ACP-100, ACP-120, ACP-620)

• Proven experience administering Atlassian and ServiceNow products in a medium or large organisation

• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies

• Knowledge of ITSM best practices and modern delivery frameworks

• Hands-on experience configuring workflows, issue types, schemes, permissions, dashboards, and automation

• Strong stakeholder management and requirements-gathering skills

• Ability to balance team-level flexibility with enterprise-wide governance and standardisation

• Experience with Atlassian Cloud migrations or large-scale Jira implementations

• Experience with automation, scripting, or REST APIs (preferred)

What we offer in return?

• A collaborative and fast paced work environment
• Health care cash plan
• Opportunity for a yearly bonus scheme
• 24 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and the ability to buy additional leave (annual leave also increases with service)
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Vibrant, modern offices

About the business:

Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well.

Contract - Inside IR35

Software Licensing Specialist - Financial Services Client

The Opportunity

Our financial services client is seeking a Software Licensing Specialist to support the governance, processes and controls surrounding the consumption and contribution of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This role sits within an international team and involves close collaboration with Engineering, Tooling and Legal functions. It is well suited to candidates with strong expertise in open-source licensing, or those with a background in Software Asset Management (SAM)/IT Asset Management (ITAM) within a commercial environment.

The successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter, comfortable working independently and delivering to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to engineering teams on the implications of FOSS licensing for their applications.
• Analyse licence and copyright considerations for new open-source software requests.
• Use FOSS scanning and licensing tools to identify risks and coordinate remediation actions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of FOSS governance and control processes.
• Review and categorise open-source licences, including those not recognised by automation tools.
• Support training and awareness initiatives on licensing obligations.
• Guide and mentor FOSS licensing analysts within the team.
• Support the evaluation and development of licence assessment tooling.

Essential Experience

• Strong knowledge of open-source licences, obligations and risk implications.
• Experience analysing open-source components and their licensing models.
• Hands-on experience with at least one open-source scanning tool.
• Understanding of software licensing agreement terminology.
• Experience working with Legal teams to interpret licence agreements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Confluence, JIRA and SharePoint.

Desirable

• Experience engaging with Legal and Engineering stakeholders.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Exposure to tools such as Nexus IQ Server, FOSSology or similar.
• Legal or copyright training would be advantageous.

More details available on successful application.

About The Role

This is a Fixed Term Opportunity for 12 months covering parental leave.

The Engineering Manager will lead and nurture a squad of 6-8 engineers. You’ll be accountable for guiding your team through the entire lifecycle of building and maintaining our systems and products.

As an experienced technical leader, you’ll ensure your squad possesses the necessary technical depth and skills to consistently deliver high-quality solutions. This involves hands-on engagement in key client projects, where you’ll lead by example and meticulously assess the technical quality of the team’s output.

A core aspect of this role is fostering a thriving team environment. You’ll cultivate a culture of open feedback, providing actionable insights to empower team members in their continuous learning, growth, and development. Your leadership will create a safe space where engineers feel supported, comfortable admitting mistakes, and confident in learning from every experience.

Responsibilities

Develop strong client relationships as the primary technical contact for new and existing clients

• You are the primary technical contact for a subset of your teams clients, you develop their technical vision, and work with your team to develop solutions.
• You provide senior oversight and direction to the technical approach on all projects within your squad, either directly or by working with the project lead developers. You champion our agile delivery model and provide support to teams to ensure that projects deliver on time and on budget without compromising quality.
• You work in partnership with the sector teams to identify opportunities to work with new and existing clients to provide consultancy services, enhancing the agency’s positioning as a strategic partner.
• You advise your clients on overall technical strategy based on experience, industry trends and best practice, with the ability to challenge client thinking where appropriate.
• You work confidently with senior client stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor and expert.
• You work closely with the engineering team to produce technical solutions for clients.

You manage the technical and support relationships with clients in your team

• You ensure your clients are supported with the appropriate team members.
• You ensure there is redundancy in your support teams to allow for holiday or any out of hours exceptions are covered.
• You ensure the smooth operation of any support boards helping to unblock technical team members and resolve issues.
• You escalate high priority issues, with the wider team to ensure that they are resolved in a timely manner.

You lead the delivery of high quality software solutions on time and to budget

• You ensure your project team members are fully engaged and participating in all aspects of the project and its administration during build phase
• You ensure all ceremonies of your Agile project are undertaken at the right time with the right people always present, including: standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, code reviews and retrospectives.
• You ensure your team delivers the work they have committed to for the agreed deadline
• You ensure your team is delivering work to meet or exceed the client expectations of quality
• You ensure your team is delivering work that meets the tech studios expectations of quality and that adhere to our standards
• You ensure your team is collaborating well at all times, problems are discussed early and raised to the delivery team and client as soon as possible

You develop and lead an effective squad of between 6 and 8 software engineers, managing a subset of the technical studio

• You will build and maintain a strong, supportive squad of engineers.
• You coach, mentor, train and inspire members of the technology team and help them develop their skills.
• You successfully onboard new technical team members so they are effective in their roles.
• You take accountability for the quality of delivery to all the clients and work with your squad and wider delivery team to ensure all clients have the development support they need.
• You ensure that your squad is well utilised and meeting their billable targets.
• You join weekly meetings with the engineering director to discuss squad capacity, utilisation and to escalate any people or project concerns
• You take accountability for the effectiveness of any contractors assigned to your squad.
• You provide professional development coaching to your reports and help them to develop and action a professional development plan.
• You understand and promote our company policies. You ensure all your direct reports are completing their administrative responsibilities within the squad (e.g. IT assessment is up-to-date) and holiday requests are booked sufficiently in advance and fully considered before approval.
• You ensure your reports are fulfilling their job role accountabilities to the best of their abilities and provide the appropriate feedback and encourage appropriate reflections to encourage and support any change necessary.
• You accurately assess performance for the purposes of impact scoring.
• You hold regular 1:1 meetings and keep good notes and actions.

You ensure successful technical project delivery by leading technical oversight, including risk mitigation, issue identification and resolution for all client work assigned to your Engineering squad

• You ensure all projects are properly supervised and scrutinised to ensure effective technical delivery using agreed processes
• You identify issues and root causes that are affecting technical delivery on projects in your team.
• You intervene and facilitate or direct actions on projects to address technical issues, working closely with the technical and delivery leads. Escalating issues to the engineering director when required.
• You ensure your team has adequate technical delivery risk awareness and mitigation is in place on all projects.
• You proactively change any aspect of our technical approaches to ensure that we remain successful in the future as technologies and practices change.
• You raise significant technical project concerns to the engineering and/or technical directors

About YouProfessional knowledge and experience

• Proven track record of hands-on leadership with agile, cross-functional engineering teams, guiding them through the full development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in client-facing technical leadership, adept at managing technical delivery, effectively mentoring and developing engineers, and proactively mitigating project risks.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, actively staying abreast of industry trends and best practices in front-end development and CMS technologies to continuously enhance technical approaches and elevate team capabilities.
• Exceptional proficiency in software architecture and development, with a particular emphasis on CMS architectures and CMS platform integrations.

Technical skills

• Youre an experienced Fullstack developer with exceptional proficiency in PHP-based CMSes, such as Drupal, and Frontend technologies, including React/Next.js, GraphQL and Storybook
• You are comfortable working with both monolithic and decoupled architectures
• You are familiar with the component based approach to build and deliver projects
• You apply strong knowledge of software architecture and design patterns to inform technical decisions, ensuring the delivery of resilient and maintainable systems.
• You lead and champion agile development practices, ensuring your team leverages tools like Jira and Confluence to optimize workflows and collaboration.
• Fostering a culture of quality through robust code review processes and enforcing high coding standards across the team.
• Providing strategic guidance in troubleshooting complex technical issues, effectively navigating challenges that span both front-end and back-end systems.
• Ensuring the team’s proficiency in version control systems, especially Git, to maintain code integrity and collaborative development.

Behaviours

• You have mastered your craft, know a wide range of methodologies and you are developing new tools and standards for your practice.
• You have a good understanding of other practice areas and take a holistic view in your approach.
• You lead your squad to positive, high quality outcomes, informing appropriate decisions to meet budget, deadlines and stakeholder requirements.
• Your squad and the business recognise your highly impactful contributions.
• You handle changes to scope, business priorities or urgency with expertise. You make suggestions or offer solutions/proposals for appropriate adaptations.
• You are skilled to competently work on complex problems under pressure (i.e. resolving a complex production issue at speed, or leading the resolution of critical or major incidents)
• You contribute to internal and/or external forums, such as communities of practice. You take part in initiatives to improve practices of your discipline or within the wider business.
• Onboarding or mentoring of your squad to higher performance and people development or progression.
• You adopt a commercial mindset that leads to new opportunities for business growth or operational improvements.
• You contribute to the growth and development of other squad members, through championing, mentoring and providing constructive, candid feedback.
• You give expert and strategic feedback on projects relevant to your discipline/domain which leads to better outcomes.
• You consistently meet your personal targets, where relevant to your role
• You support our inclusive environment and ESG commitments.
• Embodies Manifestos values, championing purpose-driven work and fostering a positive team culture

About Usmanifesto

We are the digital experience agency for changemakers. We are committed to delivering purposeful and positive impact for people, planet and society, in restless pursuit of a better world.

We take pride in creating award-winning digital experiences, products and services that are measurably ethical, inclusive, accessible, sustainable and joyful.

Our changemaker clients include UNICEF UK, Breast Cancer Now, The Trussell Trust, Woodgreen, The Royal Academy of Arts, Zoological Society London, Historic Environment Scotland and Fauna & Flora.

Part of the TPXimpact group - a Certified B Corporation, we are a team of 130 digital product leaders, creative designers, user experience designers, engagement specialists, software engineers and experience strategists.

TPXimpact

TPXimpact is a digital transformation company, and Certified B Corporation, on a mission to build a future where people, places and the planet are supported to thrive. Combining vast expertise in human-centred design, data, experience and technology, we help the public, private and third sectors with their digital transformation journey, delivering high quality solutions that improve services, experiences and outcomes. Were passionate people who work in close collaboration with our clients to create sustainable solutions ready for an ever-evolving world.

We are committed to having a positive impact on the clients and the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from all genders, ethnicities, disabled people, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Dont meet 100% of the criteria? We still want to hear from you. Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Location: Somerset Energy & Innovation Centre - HYBRID (3x days office attendance AND 2x days remote working)
Status: Contract - INSIDE IR 35
Duration: Current approval until 31dec26 (renewable)
Reports to: Project Manager and Continuous Improvement Lead

Morson are working on behalf of a major player in the Energy sector who have a current CONTRACT requirement for an NCR Quality Engineer (Quality/IT related), to provide their Project team with SWITCH platform functionality, implementation and general support. This role is quality management related and will require the incumbent to have some understanding/background in this discipline. It’s a great opportunity for a tech savvy, switched-on (!) candidate to reinforce and consolidate their experience to date; whilst acquiring invaluable experience on Europe’s largest energy infrastructure Project.

Job Purpose / Overview

• The role of the SWITCH NCR Quality Engineer (QE) is to provide first line support to the Project Quality team and Responsible Designer (RD) to ensure SWITCH associated NCR processes meet business requirements and quality standards.
• They play a crucial role ensuring NCRs within SWITCH are managed in accordance with regulatory compliance.
• They will provide proactive support to business stakeholders to manage SWITCH NCR users’ requirements and expectations:

o Tool Improvements, lead and manage both reactive and proactive improvement initiatives for SWITCH and PowerBI tools, collaborating with stakeholders to identify and implement meaningful enhancements.
o SWITCH technical functionality implementation / drops (managed via Jira Kanban), coordinate and deliver scheduled Accenture improvement releases, maintaining visibility of progress through Jira Kanban boards and ensuring timely resolution of items.
o They are responsible for pre and post-implementation testing to identify defects to be reported for resolution prior to release or re-release respectively.
o Documentation Maintenance, take ownership, maintain and make available to all users a suite of SWITCH NCR guidance material, ensuring content is clear, accurate, and aligned with the latest tool development and process changes.
o eNZO SWITCH NCR Page Management, oversee updates and structural improvements to the SWITCH NCR eNZO page, maintaining its usability as a go-to resource for all SWITCH NCR stakeholders.
o PowerBI Reporting, support the development, refinement and maintenance of SWITCH NCR PowerBI dashboards to support data-driven decision-making, improving performance and usability.
o SWITCH NCR mailbox management, the management of BAU onboarding requests.

Typical Accountabilities (not limited to)

• Support the onboarding of SWITCH NCR users within Quality and RD
• Champion and promote best practice SWITCH NCR management across the HPC project
• Proactively support SWITCH NCR users to resolve myIT requests for NCRs via the SWITCH Accenture team
• Provide guidance and tool testing support to the SWITCH Accenture team for all SWITCH NCR related JIRA tickets
• Support the use of Project Intelligence and PowerBI to monitor key SWITCH NCR metrics and performance for both internal and external users
• Mailbox management of the SWITCH NCR Mailbox - Triage, escalate or respond to all correspondence
• Manage and update a suite of SWITCH NCR guidance material
• Provide support to the Quality PMO to maintain and develop all SWITCH NCR PowerBI reports

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Knowledge & Skills

• Background or understanding of Quality Management, including best practice for deployment by large, complex and contract-led organisations
• Experience in ensuring compliance with international standards such as ISO 9001 or ISO 19443 (highly desirable)
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
• The ability to influence and to provide constructive challenge which is accepted by others
• The ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Confident and articulate communicator, able to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, able to speak and present material to a large audience
• A team player who recognises how their position impacts and influences others
• Pro-active and flexible, being prepared to plan and work on own initiative
• Excellent IT skills - MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Ability to work effectively and consistently with Office 365 SharePoint and Teams collaboration platforms

Desirable

• Familiarity with PowerBI (or similar reporting platforms)
• Comfortable using JIRA, Confluence, and other Atlassian tools
• Understanding of a regulated nuclear site environment

Job Title: NCR SWITCH Quality Engineer

Pay: PAYE £189.57 or Umbrella £269.59

Location: Somerset Energy Innovation Centre,Somerset

Job ID: 1747

Job Purpose / Overview

The role of the SWITCH NCR Quality Engineer (QE) is to provide first line support to the HPC Quality team and Responsible Designer (RD) to ensure SWITCH associated NCR processes meet HPC business requirements and quality standards. They play a crucial role ensuring NCRs within SWITCH are managed in accordance with regulatory compliance.

A SWITCH NCR QE is to ensure they provide proactive support to HPC business and stakeholders to manage SWITCH NCR users’ requirements and expectations:

• Tool Improvements, lead and manage both reactive and proactive improvement initiatives for SWITCH and PowerBI tools, collaborating with stakeholders to identify and implement meaningful enhancements.
• SWITCH technical functionality implementation / drops (managed via Jira Kanban), coordinate and deliver scheduled Accenture improvement releases, maintaining visibility of progress through Jira Kanban boards and ensuring timely resolution of items. They are responsible for pre and post-implementation testing to identify defects to be reported for resolution prior to release or re-release respectively.
• Documentation Maintenance, take ownership, maintain and make available to all users a suite of SWITCH NCR guidance material, ensuring content is clear, accurate, and aligned with the latest tool development and process changes.
• eNZO SWITCH NCR Page Management, oversee updates and structural improvements to the SWITCH NCR eNZO page, maintaining its usability as a go-to resource for all SWITCH NCR stakeholders.
• PowerBI Reporting, support the development, refinement and maintenance of SWITCH NCR PowerBI dashboards to support data-driven decision-making, improving performance and usability.
• SWITCH NCR mailbox management, the management of BAU onboarding requests.

The SWITCH NCR QE role has both internal and external aspects with requirements to interface with stakeholders from HPC Quality team, RD and, when required, our suppliers. They will be directly involved in investigating potential SWITCH NCR issues, to either lead or support their resolution. They will also ensure that project quality is delivered consistently and in compliance with HPC Quality arrangements.

Principal Accountabilities

General

• Support the onboarding of SWITCH NCR users within Quality and RD
• Champion and promote best practice SWITCH NCR management across the HPC project
• Proactively support SWITCH NCR users to resolve myIT requests for NCRs via the SWITCH Accenture team
• Provide guidance and tool testing support to the SWITCH Accenture team for all SWITCH NCR related JIRA tickets
• Support the use of Project Intelligence and PowerBI to monitor key SWITCH NCR metrics and performance for both internal and external users
• Mailbox management of the SWITCH NCR Mailbox - Triage, escalate or respond to all correspondence
• Support the Manufacturing and Site NCR Facilitator teams to close SWITCH NCR myIT Tickets raised by SWITCH NCR users for the HPC project
• Manage and update a suite of SWITCH NCR guidance material
• Maintenance of HPC eNZO SWITCH NCR pages
• Provide support to the Quality PMO to maintain and develop all SWITCH NCR PowerBI reports
• Lead or support the closure of SWITCH NCR related Insight actions
• Share targeted communications and ‘Lunch & Learns’ for all SWITCH NCR related updates
• Complete all required mandatory and specific to role training

Primary accountability

• Provide first line SWITCH NCR operational support to the HPC Quality team and RD
• Maintenance of SWITCH NCR process and guidance information for all SWITCH users

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Position requires background or understanding of Quality Management, including best practice for deployment by large, complex and contract-led organisations
• Strong organisational skills
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
• The ability to influence and to provide constructive challenge which is accepted by others
• The ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Able to support and implement practical solutions, whilst remaining open to the ideas of others
• Confident and articulate communicator, able to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, able to speak and present material to a large audience
• Able to interface between project teams and with supplier organisations
• A team player who recognises how their position impacts and influences others
• Pro-active and flexible, being prepared to plan and work on own initiative
• Fluent in English language
• Excellent written English and attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills - MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Ability to work effectively and consistently with Office 365 SharePoint and Teams collaboration platforms

Desirable

• First-hand experience in the nuclear sector or other safety critical industry
• Familiarity with PowerBI (or similar reporting platforms)
• Comfortable using JIRA, Confluence, and other Atlassian tools
• Understanding of a regulated nuclear site environment

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Experience in ensuring compliance with international standards such as ISO 9001 or ISO 19443 and ONR licence conditions.

Desirable

• Trained and experienced in the use of PowerBi
• Trained and experienced in the use of Jira, Confluence or other Atlassian tools

Role/Job Title: Delivery Engineer
Work Location: UK, Gaydon
Role Type: Contracting
Mode of Working: Office based (5 days a week)
The RoleAutomotive EV propulsion systems & vehicle engineering delivery process / leadership - Programme delivery, Technical Issues management

• Programme planning and delivery Oversee design, development and validation of powertrain systems
• Strong understanding of EV powertrain systems, including power electronics, electric motors, batteries, and related technologies
• Organisational skills not limited to communication, collaboration, decision-making, risk management, continuous improvement, problem solving, project management

Your Responsibilities

• Lead and manage cross-functional teams to develop and deliver high-performance EV powertrain systems
• Proactively monitor Engineering Delivery health status through the resolution of risks and issues, initiating corrective action where required
• Manage project plan, timelines, project risks / issues, and mitigation plans
• Drive engineering activities at the powertrain level, including requirements definition, supplier selection, design release, prototyping and testing
• Collaborate with other departments - design, manufacturing and quality
• Ensure all deliverables meet requirements, compliance with relevant standards and regulations
• To act as the day-to-day contact in Programme Management to ensure successful programme delivery
• Drive collaboration between OEM & supplier Engineering teams to provide
• Managing the performance of the Engineering Delivery team to ensure successful programme delivery

Your ProfileEssential Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Experience with project management / agile methodologies
• Techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes, including risks management
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Credibility within the programme environment and ability to influence others
• Demonstrable experience managing and influencing key stakeholders

Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical / electrical engineering or automotive engineering
• Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
• Self-motivating and ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Strong communication skills and influence stake holders
• PMP Certification would be an added advantage

Are you interested in a leading role to shape the infrastructure and systems of one of the worlds most widely used scientific data resources?

Ensembl is the leading resource for exploring and analysing genomes, used by researchers globally on a daily basis. In recent years, Ensembl has seen a substantial increase in the number of genomes across the tree of life, as well as increasing depth of annotation and resources around key model organisms and humans. We have conducted an extensive multi-year program to re-engineer our infrastructure to meet these challenges and sustainably continue to support researchers using our tools and services. At the heart of this program is our new website (https://beta.ensembl.org), which is built around a service-orientated architecture delivering large quantities of data to a modern and responsive front-end client application. Many key components, including the incorporation of new AI based tools, remain to be developed.

We are enthusiastic to announce a new EMBL Faculty role to head our ongoing developments whilst continuing to meet emerging demands of Ensembl as the Genomics Technology Infrastructure Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.

Your role

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of approximately 15 staff members including software engineers, bioinformaticians, designers and UX experts to build infrastructures to serve and disseminate biological data. These methods of dissemination include visualisations, data explorers, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Your team will be responsible for leading the creation of novel data stores, serving the needs of researchers in both high and low resource settings, and transitioning Ensembl to an AI-ready resource. You will also investigate the application of AI-based tools to improve Ensembl services and processes.

You will work closely with other Team Leaders within Ensembl, and more broadly with leadership across EMBL-EBI and other EMBL sites to deliver integrated systems and data flows between our EMBL key partners. You will also be a lead contact with EMBL-EBIs IT Technical Services, who provide the underlying IT infrastructure behind our resources.

In this role, you will use your knowledge of systems architecture and design to guide your team to develop sustainable, scalable solutions. You will also coordinate the development of new interfaces and tools alongside the maintenance of existing tools and codebases including migration of these to new technologies and infrastructure. Your knowledge and experience will be key to developing achievable strategies and roadmaps in a collaborative approach with colleagues in the wider Ensembl team. An essential part of this role is anticipating future demands from biological research, evaluating technical advances and balancing these with the continued delivery of key priorities.

As you progress in this role, you will develop a deep understanding of EMBL-EBIs resources and the communities we serve. This will include directly engaging with research communities, industry partners and global standards organisations such as the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. You will be given the opportunity to work with a talented and driven workforce who work towards a shared vision of delivering the very best scientific resources.

We seek an individual who has a passion for technology, creating impactful resources, scenario and strategic planning, fundraising, developing staff and taking a leading role in key collaborations with international consortia and organisations.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply!

This role reports to the Section Head for Genome Assembly and Annotation, Rob Finn.

You have

• A PhD degree in a relevant field or equivalent relevant experience
• A demonstrable track record of systems design and architecture
• Experience designing databases, developing websites and working with big data (gigabyte to terabyte scale)
• In-depth knowledge of the following: software engineering, relational databases, service provision, API development, standards, software development best practices
• Project management and staff management experience
• Experience contributing to budget management and managing grants, including grant writing and reporting
• An understanding of agile and similar software development processes including how to adapt these methods to maximise success in multi-partner projects
• Experience maintaining legacy code and systems including migration to new implementations
• Knowledge of deployment infrastructures including virtual machines, commercial cloud and kubernetes
• Experience with collaborative development tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Jira and Confluence
• Excellent communication skills. Have an ability to engage with stakeholders including technical specialists, domain experts and wider research and industry communities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a collaborative mentality.
• A commitment to continual improvement of systems, processes and staff
• The ambition and drive to develop high-impact data services for the wider research community

You may also have

• Experience of some of the following technologies: workflow managers, data warehousing technology, high-performance computing platforms, database and database query optimisation, and data mining
• Experience in some of the following domains: bioinformatics, genomics, ontologies, functional annotation, and high throughput sequencing analysis, statistics
• Experience of some of the following technologies: Python, Rust, Perl, GraphQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DuckDB, SQLite
• Hands on experience working with AI based tools, both as a data provider and their application in the context of a website.
• Experience in writing grants to a range of funding agencies
• A track record in leading scientific projects
• Participation in multi-institute collaborations
• Presented at international meetings
• Participation in public-private scientific partnerships
• Experience leading work packages for complex multi-partner grants and chairing international steering groups and committees on technical subjects

Apply now! Benefits and Contract Information

• Financial incentives: depending on circumstances, monthly family/marriage allowance of £278 monthly child allowance of £336 per child. Non resident allowance up to £717per month. Annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances

• Hybrid working arrangements

• Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)

• Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition to eight bank holidays

• Relocation package including installation grant (as applicable)

• Campus life: Free shuttle bus to and from work, on-site library, subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)

• Family benefits: On-site nursery, child sick leave, generous parental leave, holiday clubs on campus and monthly family and child allowances

• Contract duration: This position is a 5 year contract renewable up to 9 years

• Salary: Monthly salary starting at£5,982after tax but excl. pension & insurances) + benefits (Total package will be dependent on family circumstances)

• International applicants: We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Read more on our page for international applicants.

• Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL-EBI, we strongly believe that inclusive and diverse teams benefit from higher levels of innovation and creative thought. We encourage applications from women, LGBTQ+ and individuals from all nationalities.

• Job location: This role is based in Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK. You will be required to relocate if you are based overseas and you will receive a generous relocation package to support you.

To apply, please submit a covering letter and CV via our online system. Applications will close on 25/03/2026.

An established digital consultancy is seeking an experienced Salesforce Developer to support the delivery of enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions for public sector clients. Youll join a highly skilled Salesforce delivery team working on complex, mission-critical programmes, building and extending Salesforce capabilities using modern development tools and best practices. The role offers a blend of hands-on development, solution design, and collaboration with technical and business stakeholders.

Whats on Offer

• 6-month contract (Inside IR35) with potential extension
• £660 per day
• Hybrid working London based
• Opportunity to work on high-impact public sector programmes
• Collaborative, Agile delivery environment
• Exposure to cutting-edge Salesforce Industry Cloud / Public Sector Solutions implementations

What You Need

• Strong Salesforce development background with 5+ years experience preferred

• Proven experience with Salesforce Industries / Public Sector Solutions and OmniStudio (essential)

• Hands-on expertise with:

  • OmniScripts
  • FlexCards
  • Data Mappers (formerly Data Raptors)
  • Omni Processes (formerly Integration Procedures)
  • Salesforce Flows (screen, triggered, API flows)

• Custom development skills in Apex and Lightning Web Components (LWC)

• Experience with JavaScript and Lightning Components

• Understanding of Salesforce security and sharing model

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based version control

• Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar tooling

• Integration experience desirable (e.g. MuleSoft, Apigee, Connected Apps)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Comfortable working in Agile teams and collaborating across disciplines

• Automated testing experience (e.g. Provar, Selenium) desirable

• Ability to work with large, complex systems and enhance existing implementations

• Eligible for Security Clearance (SC) or willing to undergo clearance

If youre a Salesforce Developer with strong OmniStudio and Public Sector Solutions experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, apply now for immediate consideration.

AWS Product Owner | 4 days on site | Southampton | Inside IR35 | 10 month contract

We are recruiting for an experienced Product Owner to support governance activities across an AWS cloud platform within a regulated organisation.

This role sits between Engineering and Governance, focusing on strengthening cloud controls, improving technical documentation, and addressing platform findings. While you won’t be designing architecture solutions, you will need a solid understanding of AWS architecture principles and processes to work effectively with Architects and Engineering SMEs.

Responsibilities

• Review and remediate governance and control findings within AWS
• Assess and enhance cloud governance frameworks and processes
• Partner with Engineering SMEs to produce and refine High-Level Design Documents
• Support design and governance approval processes
• Coordinate stakeholders and manage documentation timelines
• Ensure all outputs meet regulatory and internal compliance standards

Key Skills

• Strong understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure
• Proven Technical BA experience / Product Owner Experience (preferred over Architect background)
• Experience with application management, governance, and lifecycle controls
• Comfortable operating in structured, regulated environments
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Jira (essential) and Confluence (desirable)
• Awareness of automation / Terraform beneficial

This is an excellent opportunity for a process-driven AWS expert who can bridge technical engineering discussions with governance and compliance requirements in a cloud-first environment.

AWS Product Owner | 4 days on site | Southampton | Inside IR35 | 10 month contract

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Your new company
You will be working for a large, well-known organisation who are a powerhouse within their industry.
Your new role
You will manage a team of technical specialists, ensure platform stability and performance, and drive continuous improvement across their data services.
Key responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and manage a team of data platform specialists.
• Oversee resource planning and delivery across design, projects, operations and change.
• Act as an SME for the Data Platform and own platform design and supplier relationships.
• Maintain platform availability, capacity and configuration, managing risk and downtime.
• Lead incident and problem management, ensuring root cause analysis and timely resolution.
• Support operations with appropriate out of hours cover.
• Ensure proactive monitoring, patching, upgrades and adherence to change processes.
• Provide technical support to projects and cross-functional teams.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Proven experience in technical leadership or management roles.
• Strong background in incident, request, change and problem management to SLA.
• Experience implementing cloud technologies using Azure.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Fabric and SQL Server is essential.
• Extensive experience managing and supporting complex data platforms.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.

What you’ll get in return
A permanent role that’s paying up to £65,000pa with additional benefits that also has hybrid working on offer.
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Digital IC Design Lead - Southampton (Hybrid) - £90k + Benefits My client is a high growth semiconductor business with a strong focus on innovation across display, video, AI data processing, and wireless connectivity. They operate in a modern, engineering led environment and are continuing to expand their IC Development capability. They are now seeking an experiencedIC Digital Leadto join their growing team. This is a senior technical leadership role, combining hands on digital IC expertise with people and project leadership. Location:Southampton, Hampshire (Hybrid) Visa Sponsorship:Available Essential requirements: BEng or MEng in Engineering, Electronics, or a related discipline 5+ years experience in digital or mixed signal design 1+ years experience in a people management or technical leadership role Hands-on experience in digital IC design using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and/or VHDL Desirable experience: Mixed signal design exposure Familiarity with the full ASIC front end and back end flow Python scripting Experience using tools such as JIRA and Confluence

An urgent contract opportunity is available for an experienced Salesforce Developer to support the delivery and enhancement of a large-scale public-sector Salesforce platform. This role sits within an established delivery team working on complex, business-critical services using Salesforce Public Sector Solutions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for building, extending, and maintaining Salesforce capabilities, working closely with technical leads, delivery managers, and client stakeholders. This role requires strong hands-on development experience across Salesforce Industries and OmniStudio, with the ability to contribute to high-quality, sustainable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Whats on offer

• Contract length: 6 months, with potential extension
• Rate: Up to £600 per day (Inside IR35)
• Location: Hybrid, London (occasional on-site attendance desirable but not essential)
• Start date: ASAP
• Opportunity to work on a high-impact Salesforce Public Sector Solutions programme
• Collaborative Agile delivery environment

What you need to be successful

• Strong commercial experience as a Salesforce Developer
• Proven hands-on delivery using Salesforce Industries / Public Sector Solutions
• Mandatory experience with OmniStudio, including:OmniScripts,Omni Processes / Integration Procedures,Data Mappers (formerly DataRaptors)
• Strong experience building Salesforce Flows (screen, triggered, and API flows)
• Ability to design and implement custom Apex classes and Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Solid understanding of Apex security and sharing models
• Experience working with Git-based CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or equivalent delivery tooling
• Experience integrating Salesforce with other systems (e.g. MuleSoft, Apigee, Connected Apps) is desirable
• Ability to build, test, and document scalable and sustainable solutions
• Active SC clearance (or eligibility) is required
• Salesforce certifications such as Platform Administrator, Platform Developer, App Builder, or Public Sector Solutions accreditation are highly desirable.

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Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Location: Melksham, UK Overview of the Role An established engineering organisation specialising in life-critical protection and underwater systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its growing team in Melksham. This role is responsible for the design, development, and verification of software for advanced underwater electronic systems. You will contribute across the full engineering lifecycle and support the successful delivery of fully integrated, safety-related control and HMI-based systems. In addition to new product introduction (NPI) activities, you will help drive continuous improvement in software engineering processes and support ongoing product evolution. Working within a collaborative hardware and software environment, you will play a key role in system analysis, modelling, development, integration, testing, qualification, and reliability enhancement. This position offers the opportunity to influence technical direction, improve engineering standards, and contribute to complex systems designed for demanding operational environments. Key Responsibilities New Product Introduction (NPI): \* Contribute the software engineering perspective to the specification, design, and delivery of advanced underwater electronic systems. \* Support system architecture definition, integration, and validation activities within a multidisciplinary team. Sustaining Engineering: \* Deliver ongoing software maintenance and support across the existing product portfolio as the customer base expands. \* Lead proactive continuous improvement initiatives, including issue triage, root cause analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams. Process & Technical Leadership: \* Drive value-based improvements to software engineering processes to enhance quality, reduce cost, and improve consistency. \* Prepare for and participate in formal technical reviews (e.g., requirements, preliminary design, and critical design reviews). \* Support system-level troubleshooting and failure investigations alongside engineers and technicians. \* Contribute to planning, estimation, and progress reporting to ensure predictable delivery. Essential Requirements \* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering or a related discipline. \* Experience across the full engineering lifecycle, including requirements capture, design, verification, traceability, and impact analysis. \* Knowledge of risk, issue, and opportunity management within an engineering environment. \* Proficiency in C++, C, C#, CMake, and development environments such as Visual Studio / VS Code. \* Experience working with embedded hardware abstraction layers (HAL). \* Strong grounding in continuous integration (CI), unit testing, static analysis, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing. \* Strong documentation and communication skills. \* Demonstrated ability in planning, estimating, and progress monitoring. \* Ability to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC). Desirable Experience \* Experience within embedded microcontroller ecosystems (e.g., STM32, PIC32, PIC24). \* Familiarity with embedded development environments and toolchains. \* Experience with version control and CI/CD platforms (e.g., Git-based workflows). \* Knowledge of requirements and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence). \* Experience with code quality and documentation tools (e.g., static analysis platforms, automated documentation generators). \* Low-power embedded design experience. \* Safety-related software development within regulated industries. \* Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, or UML. Experience Profile While a degree in Software Engineering (or a related field) is expected, particular emphasis will be placed on demonstrable experience delivering embedded software for safety-related systems in real-world applications

2 year Contract

Inside IR35

Location - Portsmouth or Corsham

Overview

The Infrastructure Automation Engineering Service will support the technical team responsible for the design, development, documentation, building and validation of infrastructure automation components which form part of the NSoIT(D) Platform. These automation components will primary be developed using Python3, Ansible and Bash with a focus on hardware components, specifically their various features, services, and configurations, as well as interactions with external REST/SOAP APIs and services. The team’s responsibilities include:

• Apply complex problem solving to “reverse engineer” applications, designs and manual build instructions to create zero touch automation packages that are parameterised, dynamic and able to repeatedly and reliably deploy against these designs. Often these applications are legacy, were created without automation in mind or are otherwise resistive to full, zero touch automation.
• Create production quality code, following industry standard best practices as well as internal policies and procedures, utilising Version Control mechanisms such as GIT and BitBucket to submit development code as well as peer reviewing other team members’ code modules.
• Production and review of all levels of design artefacts.
• Supporting wider NSoIT(D) system testing activities.
• Working with Service Management to resolve issues.

Essential skills, qualifications and experience

In order to deliver this service, it is essential that individuals have:

• At least 12months’ demonstrable hands on experience within the last 3 years of:
  • Creating complex Python3 automation Classes for production systems
  • Using configuration management tools e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef
  • Use of scripting languages e.g. Bash
  • Automated deployment of server, network and storage technologies across multiple vendors
  • Building or supporting large infrastructure environments
  • Troubleshooting hardware or software component failure
  • Working as part of an Agile development team
• Demonstrable experience with advanced Python3 coding features e.g. Workflows, Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Bare Metal Deployment
• At least one of the following professional certifications that have been obtained within the last five years:
  • Networking certification - CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) or similar
  • Virtualisation certification - VMware VCP (VMware vCenter Certified Professional) or similar,
  • Linux certification - RHCA or RHCE
  • Formal Software Development certification - OCA (Oracle Certified Associate) or similar
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to solve problems and propose new ideas.
• Hold a valid Security Clearance (SC)
• Competency in MS Office Suite.

Desirable skills, qualifications and experience

In order to deliver this service, it is desirable that individuals have:

• Knowledge of the Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence, and Bamboo) to record and document work.
• Experience of:
  • Working within the public sector, preferably Defence, and ideally with Defence Digital (formerly ISS).
  • Delivering accredited secure solutions within the UK Public Sector.
• A Computer Science university-based education at Bachelors or Masters level.

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Portsmouth (Hybrid - 1 day a week onsite, 4 days remote)

We’re working with a growing and ambitious SaaS business that is expanding into an exciting new customer segment. With strong early adoption and significant investment behind the product, this is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in shaping its future.

The Opportunity

You’ll take ownership of a developing product within a friendly and ambitious environment, working closely with engineering, design, sales, and marketing teams to deliver a best-in-class solution. This is a hands-on Product role where you’ll influence strategy, drive delivery, and directly impact customer success.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Product Ownership & Delivery: Define and own the product roadmap aligned to customer needs and market trends. Work closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. Collaborate with UX/UI to create intuitive and engaging user experiences.
• Customer & Market Insight: Gather and analyse user feedback and product data to inform decisions. Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify opportunities. Continuously improve the product based on real-world usage.
• Go-To-Market & Launch: Partner with sales, marketing, and customer success teams on launches. Support internal teams with product knowledge and training. Monitor performance and iterate based on results.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years’ experience as a Product Manager in a SaaS or tech environment - B2B ideally
• Strong understanding of SaaS products and cloud-based platforms.
• Experience working in Agile environments (Jira, Confluence or similar).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bonus points for Data Analytics & Visualisation Tools; SQL, BI

Why you should apply?!

Opportunity to own and shape a growing product with strong backing. Collaborative, fast-paced environment with real impact. Clear progression and development opportunities. Hybrid working model.

We cant advertise salary but it is competitive, above average and comes with a flexible hybrid pattern of 1 day a week onsite near Portsmouth & Fareham (30-40 minutes from Southampton)

Interested? Hit apply.

You can reach out to (url removed) for more info or to arrange a confidential chat

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Contract Inside IR35

Software Licensing Specialist Financial Services Client

The Opportunity

Our financial services client is seeking a Software Licensing Specialist to support the governance, processes and controls surrounding the consumption and contribution of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This role sits within an international team and involves close collaboration with Engineering, Tooling and Legal functions. It is well suited to candidates with strong expertise in open-source licensing, or those with a background in Software Asset Management (SAM) / IT Asset Management (ITAM) within a commercial environment.

The successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter, comfortable working independently and delivering to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to engineering teams on the implications of FOSS licensing for their applications.
• Analyse licence and copyright considerations for new open-source software requests.
• Use FOSS scanning and licensing tools to identify risks and coordinate remediation actions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of FOSS governance and control processes.
• Review and categorise open-source licences, including those not recognised by automation tools.
• Support training and awareness initiatives on licensing obligations.
• Guide and mentor FOSS licensing analysts within the team.
• Support the evaluation and development of licence assessment tooling.

Essential Experience

• Strong knowledge of open-source licences, obligations and risk implications.
• Experience analysing open-source components and their licensing models.
• Hands-on experience with at least one open-source scanning tool.
• Understanding of software licensing agreement terminology.
• Experience working with Legal teams to interpret licence agreements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Confluence, JIRA and SharePoint.

Desirable

• Experience engaging with Legal and Engineering stakeholders.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Exposure to tools such as Nexus IQ Server, FOSSology or similar.
• Legal or copyright training would be advantageous.

More details available on successful application.

Job Title: Atlassian Application Engineer

Max Supplier Rate: 405 per day inside ir35

Duration: 6 months

Location: Telford/hybrid with (2 days/week in office)

Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC clearance for this role.

Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Atlassian Application Engineer to support a major UK Government project. You will be responsible for configuring, maintaining and optimising Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence and Marketplace add-ons) to deliver secure, reliable and scalable solutions for critical public sector services.

This role suits a hands-on specialist with proven experience delivering Atlassian platforms in complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure, administer and optimise Atlassian applications including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Bamboo to meet business and client requirements.
• Lead and deliver Atlassian platform upgrades, migrations and system consolidations, ensuring minimal disruption and data integrity.
• Perform technical assessments and health checks of Atlassian environments, recommending and implementing improvements.
• Design and configure Jira Service Management solutions including workflows, queues, SLAs, automation rules and integrations.
• Develop and maintain integrations between Atlassian tools and third-party systems using APIs and scripting.
• Implement and support CI/CD automation for application upgrades, testing and deployment processes.
• Work closely with stakeholders to define workflows, custom fields, reporting dashboards and marketplace add-ons.
• Provide technical guidance and support across Agile, DevOps and ITSM-aligned delivery environments.

Expereince required:

• At min 3-5 Years of experience in Atlassian solution delivery, working on Application Engineering related activities
• Hands on Experience with Jira, Confluence upgrades, migrations and consolidations
• Atlassian Technical migration accreditation and certifications
• Performed technical assessments and heath checks
• Experience and certification in the Administration of Atlassian instances of Jira and Confluence
• Experienced in administration Atlassian products Bitbucket and Bamboo
• Jira Service Management solution configurations. Be able to configure queues, SLAs and automation
• API and Scripting knowledge, Solution delivery between Jira and other applications
• Has used and can configure CI/CD automation tooling for scripting Application upgrades and testing

If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to submit your CV.

Location: Cambridgeshire (South)
Type: Full-Time
Working Pattern: Hybrid (Minimum 3 Days Office-Based)
Salary: Competitive

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a passion for delivering innovative, Embedded software-led solutions? Join our growing team and help shape technically complex, high-impact projects across a range of sectors.
This is a highly client-facing role requiring close collaboration with sales, engineering, and customer teams to define, secure, and deliver cutting-edge software projects - often with electronics or embedded systems elements.

The Role

• Full-time position, reporting to the Head of Project Management
• Based in South Cambridgeshire, with hybrid working (minimum 3 days in the office)
• Occasional UK and international travel to support project delivery or business development

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Embedded software-led technical projects across diverse industries
• Collaborate with engineering and commercial teams to scope, estimate, and shape project proposals
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and risks, using structured PM methodologies
• Foster strong client relationships and ensure clear communication at all levels
• Drive motivation and performance across cross-functional teams
• Apply Agile methodologies, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and Microsoft Project planning
• Champion software development best practices and continuous improvement
• Ensure rigorous governance, reporting, and quality standards throughout the project lifecycle

About You

• Proven track record delivering complex software development projects
• Excellent stakeholder and people management skills; emotionally intelligent and team-focused
• Clear, confident communicator - able to engage engineers and senior executives alike
• Technically fluent: familiar with modern Embedded software engineering practices
• Experience using tools like Jira, Confluence, Git, and Microsoft Project
• Holds a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline
• Comfortable in a consultancy-style environment, juggling multiple priorities and working at pace

If you thrive in a collaborative environment and want to work on challenging, meaningful projects with a team of like-minded professionals - we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us deliver the next generation of software-led innovation.